Sound production by singing humpback whales

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2678-2691

  Mercado, Eduardo ^a   Schneider, Jennifer N ^b   Pack, Adam A ^c   Herman, Louis M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^d Dolphin Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CHAMBERS; FALSE KILLER WHALES; HUMPBACK WHALES; SOUND PRODUCTION; SPECTRAL CONTENT; TONAL SIGNAL; VOCAL REPERTOIRE;

RAILROAD CARS;

LOCOMOTIVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMPBACK WHALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERTO RICO; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEASON; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIBRATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; HAWAII; HUMPBACK WHALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHONATION; PUERTO RICO; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEASONS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77954055812     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3309453     Document Type: Article

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